IITian couldn’t afford Bengaluru rent even after raising Rs 120 crore. Reason: Not rent price or landlordHarsh Pokharna, OkCredit founder, revealed a paradox. Founders often struggle financially despite raising funds. Venture capitalists prefer...
Bengaluru CEO wins hearts after he shares how he helped 70 fired employees get jobs: 'If you call someone family ...'Harsh Pokharna, CEO of OkCredit, detailed his approach to downsizing where he personally spoke to each affected employee, explaining the la...
IIT Kanpur graduate left a high-paying job to get rich fast. After struggle of 10 years, he is warning othersHarsh Pokharna's entrepreneurial journey showcased the challenges of leaving a high-paying job to build a startup. His experience at OkCred...
'Burned all earnings & still struggling': Bengaluru-based IITian CEO who quit Flipkart shares the 'harsh reality' of building a startupHarsh Pokharna, a Bengaluru-based CEO, recounted his journey from quitting his job at Flipkart to facing startup failures and then co-found...
OkCredit shuts down P2P platform OkNivesh following RBI action on P2P lendersThe platform, which allowed small businesses to invest in short-term programs, faced challenges with RBI's new withdrawal rules. The digita...
OkCredit lays off staff as it realigns focus on fintech offeringsOkCredit said it will be hiring talent with relevant skillsets as a part of the realignment. It also claimed that it is supporting laid-off...
New-age firms roll out unlimited childcare leavesThese companies are also offering their staff childcare reimbursement and extended maternity and paternity leaves, with the third Covid wav...
New-age firms expand childcare benefits to give employees greater flexibilityThese companies are also offering their staff childcare reimbursement and extended maternity and paternity leaves, with the third Covid wav...
Digital payments led to rise in the buy-now-pay-later model, biz growth of local mom-and-pop stores: StudyThe rise in repayments and growth in retail small and medium businesses also signals towards a healthy recovery in the economy, OkCredit sa...
Repayments by small ticket borrowers surge this Diwali seasonRepayments by small ticket borrowers following the buy now pay later model to borrow from mom and pop stores surged this Diwali according t...
OkCredit starts CoAid website to help search for Covid-19 medicines, equipmentPeople can use the CoAid website to search for Fabiflu tablets, oximeters, O2 beds, normal beds, steamers, antibiotics, zinc and vitamin su...
Average ticket size of jewellery sale rises 16 pc in Nov: ReportThere was a 16 per cent increase in ticket size in terms of amount, but the overall ticket size of gold ornaments dropped 70 per cent as ag...
Small-town retailers go digital with business activity back to normal levelsGiven the current scenario due to COVID-19, more consumers are looking online and this provides the potential for MSMEs to transform and bu...
ShareChat acquires HPF Films for undisclosed amountStarted in 2018, HPF Films has produced 3500+ titles across different formats including web-series, digital ads, short films, and documenta...
OkCredit raises another $67 million from Tiger, LightspeedOkCredit lets small business owners and their customers record credit and payment transactions digitally.
Emerging startups find their big picture in web videosFaster internet, language barriers for text and literacy issues are making these startups explore video as an option to make their products...
Tiger Global, others put $15.5 m in OkCreditWith the latest financing round, OkCredit has raised more than $17 million in total. OkCredit connects small retailers with customers and s...